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Definition of Barge pole
1. Noun. A long pole used to propel or guide a barge. "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole"
Definition of Barge pole
1. Noun. A type of quant pole used to propel a barge through the water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barge Pole
Literary usage of Barge pole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"... armed with the best apparatus obtainable in the country, bringing with him a
stout bamboo that looks more adapted for a barge-pole than a fishing-rod. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... Lord of Many Guns," been alive, he would have laid about among these brawlers
with his royal barge-pole, and quickly secured peace and quiet. ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... head and tail screwed on the right way, for a trotting match, or a hurdle
race ; jump over an umbrella, or a barge pole on a high road, for money. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... and with the next that he would not touch any of his mother's crew with a
barge-pole. Though he never pleaded ideals in public, he had been all his life ..."
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